§ MR. JOHN ROCHE (Galway, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number and cost of the extra police employed as a protection force for Mr. Lewis, County Galway; and whether he can give any reason why such expenditure should be continued.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Five extra police are employed for the protection 1052 of the Messrs. Lewis and their property. Their pay amounts to £286 per annum. It is hoped that the matter which necessitated the employment of this extra force will shortly be settled, and that it will be possible to withdraw the police.